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Kiai Resonance cover art

Kiai Resonance

Absorb Reality · 2015-04-23

SteamPlayStation Store

ActionIndieSimulation

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer

Releases: Jul 25, 2019 (Nintendo Switch), Apr 23, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Aug 12, 2021 (PlayStation 4)

One strike can end it all. Step into multiplayer samurai duels where precision, timing, and skill decide who survives. Hone your mastery through deadly challenges.

Kiai Resonance is a $4.99 Action, Indie, and Simulation game released in 2015, estimated to have 20,000 .. 50,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (79% of 221 reviews).

0
playing now
79%
positive of 221 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
IGDB user rating (2 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$4.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 23:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 16 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 129% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 28% of 27,727 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 5.5k–13k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 221 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.49 at Fanatical (2018-02-13) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 2 of 5 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
222220152026Week of 2015-04-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2015-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2015-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2015-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2015-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2016-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 06:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 23:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
40Apr 2015Nov 2020Apr 2015 — avg 4 · peak 26Jun 2015 — avg 1 · peak 6Aug 2015 — avg 0 · peak 4Oct 2015 — avg 0 · peak 2Dec 2015 — avg 0 · peak 5Feb 2016 — avg 0 · peak 4Apr 2016 — avg 0 · peak 2Jun 2016 — avg 0 · peak 6Aug 2016 — avg 3 · peak 44Oct 2016 — avg 1 · peak 4Dec 2016 — avg 1 · peak 5Feb 2017 — avg 0 · peak 3Apr 2017 — avg 1 · peak 7Jun 2017 — avg 1 · peak 17Aug 2017 — avg 0 · peak 3Oct 2017 — avg 0 · peak 6Dec 2017 — avg 3 · peak 263Feb 2018 — avg 1 · peak 13Apr 2018 — avg 1 · peak 4Jun 2018 — avg 0 · peak 7Aug 2018 — avg 0 · peak 3Oct 2018 — avg 0 · peak 4Dec 2018 — avg 0 · peak 3Feb 2019 — avg 0 · peak 3Apr 2019 — avg 0 · peak 3Jun 2019 — avg 0 · peak 6Aug 2019 — avg 0 · peak 2Oct 2019 — avg 0 · peak 3Jan 2020 — avg 0 · peak 3May 2020 — avg 1 · peak 8Nov 2020 — avg 0 · peak 2

▼ −1 avg players (−78.6%) vs prior month — Nov 2020

Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$4.99$0.492015-01-292026-03-262015-01-29 — best price $4.992015-07-23 — best price $4.992016-02-01 — best price $3.342016-11-02 — best price $4.992017-04-11 — best price $1.242017-09-05 — best price $4.992018-01-04 — best price $4.992018-07-17 — best price $3.992018-11-22 — best price $1.242019-12-13 — best price $4.992020-05-04 — best price $4.992020-06-12 — best price $4.992020-07-02 — best price $1.252020-07-25 — best price $4.992020-08-16 — best price $4.492020-09-09 — best price $4.992020-10-04 — best price $4.492020-10-25 — best price $4.492020-11-16 — best price $4.492020-12-11 — best price $4.992021-01-11 — best price $4.142021-02-04 — best price $4.992021-02-27 — best price $4.142021-03-22 — best price $4.992021-04-13 — best price $4.992021-05-05 — best price $4.142021-05-28 — best price $4.992021-07-08 — best price $4.992021-10-29 — best price $3.662021-12-23 — best price $3.662022-04-11 — best price $0.992022-07-02 — best price $3.662022-12-22 — best price $1.242023-06-26 — best price $0.992023-12-22 — best price $1.492024-06-24 — best price $1.202024-11-28 — best price $1.202025-10-22 — best price $4.992026-03-26 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

12
achievements tracked
54.8%
earned "Samurai"
9.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPShared/Split Screen PvPShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsStatsSteam Leaderboards

2 supported languages: English, Japanese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)8285%12
PS4 (PlayStation)8435%10
Switch (Nintendo)10%0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

2DIndieActionFightingSwordplaySimulationMartial Arts

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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